119:130 is worthy of the most careful attention,
out from day to day and come in contact with this dirty world, there is absolutely only one way to keep clean, and that is by taking frequent baths in the Word of God. You must bathe every day, and take plenty of time to do it. A daily, prolonged, thoughtful bath in the Word of God is the only thing that will keep a life clean (Psalm 119:9). 5. In the next place, the Word of God has power to build up. In Acts 20:32 we read, "I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up." We hear a great deal in these days about character-building. The Word of God is that by which we must carry it on if it is to be done right. In 2 Peter 1:5-7 we have a picture of a seven-story-and basement Christian. The great trouble today is that we have so many one-story Christians, and the reason is neglect of the Word. In 1 Peter 2:2, we have a similar thought expressed under a different figure, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby." If we are to grow, we must have wholesome, nutritious food and plenty of it. The only spiritual food that contains all the elements necessary for symmetrical Christian growth is the Word of God. A Christian can no more grow as he ought without feeding frequently, regularly, and largely upon the Word of God, than a baby can grow as he ought without proper nutriment. 6. In the next place, the Word of God has power to make wise. Psalm 119:130 is worthy of the most careful attention, "The entrance of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple." There is more wisdom in the Bible than there is in all the other literature of the ages. The one who studies the Bible, if he does not study any other book, will know more of real wisdomwisdom that counts for eternity as well as time, wisdom that this perishing world needs to know, wisdom for which hungry hearts are starving todaythan the man who reads every other book and neglects his Bible. The man who studies his Bible and neglects all other books will be wiser than the man who studies all other books and neglects his Bible. The man who studies his Bible will have more to say that is worth saying, and that wise people wish to hear, than any man who studies everything else and neglects the one Book. This has been illustrated over and over again in the history of the church. The